jandrese Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Cool ink. Goes down light orange or slightly orange brown and rapidly color shifts to brown golden brown. Good writing properties but boy does it smell. Could be phenol. Smells kind of sweet in a medicinal way. Link to post Share on other sites
ksm Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Do you know when your bottle of ink was made?Konrad changed formulation of his IG inks to get rid of that smell. I don't know about IG mandarin, but IG Blue-black and IG Green-Gold bought on 7th November 2015 directly from Konrad, have no noticeable smell. My generator for broadedge calligraphy guidelines. Link to post Share on other sites
lapis Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Nice review, although I find the colour a lot different than the mandarins I know of. But the colour change is -- as usual -- IMO fascinating.I hope the phenol content (w/a) still gets used. Just love that scent! Mike Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe) Link to post Share on other sites
jandrese Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Do you know when your bottle of ink was made?Konrad changed formulation of his IG inks to get rid of that smell. I don't know about IG mandarin, but IG Blue-black and IG Green-Gold bought on 7th November 2015 directly from Konrad, have no noticeable smell.batch number 121115, so, i guess was made in mid November. My turoquoise has no such smell. Link to post Share on other sites
jandrese Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Nice review, although I find the colour a lot different than the mandarins I know of. But the colour change is -- as usual -- IMO fascinating.I hope the phenol content (w/a) still gets used. Just love that scent! MikeYeah, it's only a bright orange color before it oxidizes on the paper. The smell is kind of nice, a secret pleasure, like smelling markers as a kid. Link to post Share on other sites
lgsoltek Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 My recent bottle of IG Gold has a minty smell. I love it. All my inks, with ink splash and links to my reviews Link to post Share on other sites
inkstainedruth Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Is this the IG Mandarin? It's a nice ink, and I really like most of the KWZI inks I've tried, especially the iron gall inks.Thanks for the review.Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth "It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen." Link to post Share on other sites
amberleadavis Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I liked the smell of the regular inks. Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas). Want to get a special letter / gift from me, then create a Ghostly Avatar Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 366 Inks in 2016 Check out inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY Link to post Share on other sites
jandrese Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 Finally, I realized I had an ink somewhat close to the dried and oxidized color of KWZ IG Mandarin, and that is Banker's Tan from Noodler's. This is just Q-tip swipes on Staples Bagasse paper. From a nib it ought to look very close. If you look close you can see that the KWZ ink covers the paper better than the Noodler's ink. The swipe of Mandarin is consistently colored throughout. The Noodler's swipe has micro areas where the ink does not adhere, cover, or color the paper. Makes the Noodler's swipe look like chalk on a chalkboard. Maybe the paper repels some component of the ink preventing it from coating evenly. Link to post Share on other sites
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